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<center><h2>AdvanceCOMP Deflate Compression Utility</h2></center>
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Synopsis
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advdef [-z, --recompress] [-0, --shrink-store]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[-1, --shrink-fast] [-2, --shrink-normal] [-3, --shrink-extra]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[-4, --shrink-insane] [-i, --iter N]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[-f, --force] [-q, --quiet]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[-h, --help] [-V, --version] FILES...
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Description
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The main purpose of this utility is to recompress the
data present in the .png, .mng, .gz, .tgz and .svgz
files.
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The internal structure of the files isn't changed.
Only the compressed data is modified.
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Options
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-z, --recompress FILES...
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Recompress the specified files. If the -1, -2, -3, -4
options are specified it's used the smallest file
choice from the previous compressed data and the
new compression. If the -0 option is specified the
file is always rewritten without any compression.
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-0, --shrink-store
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Disable the compression. The file is
only stored and not compressed. The file is always
rewritten also if it's bigger.
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-1, --shrink-fast
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Set the compression level to "fast" using the zlib
compressor.
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-2, --shrink-normal
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Set the compression level to "normal" using the 7z
compressor.
This is the default level of compression.
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-3, --shrink-extra
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Set the compression level to "extra" using the 7z
compressor.
You can define the compressor iterations with
the -i, --iter option.
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-4, --shrink-insane
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Set the compression level to "insane" using the zopfli
compressor.
You can define the compressor iterations with
the -i, --iter option.
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-i, --iter N
</strong></td></tr><tr><td>
Define an additional numer of iterations for the 7z and zopfli
compressors for modes -3 and -4.
More iterations usually give a better compression, but may
require a lot more time.
Try for example with 10, 15, 20, and so on.
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-f, --force
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Force the use of the new file also if it's bigger.
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Limitations
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The advdef program cannot be used to recompress huge files
because it needs to allocate memory for both the complete
compressed and uncompressed data.
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Copyright
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This file is Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Andrea Mazzoleni
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See Also
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advpng(1), advmng(1), advzip(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1)
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